Summer House's West Reveals If He's 'In Love' With Amanda, Who Made 1st Move

West Wilson and Amanda Batula shared their side of the story — and pulled back the curtain on their controversial romance — on Summer House: The Aftermath . Amanda, 34, sat down for a heart-to-heart with Lindsay Hubbard on May 13, just 20 days after the season 10 reunion taped, while West, 31, spoke with Amanda’s estranged husband Kyle Cooke on May 20, to try and explain his feelings for Amanda. Kyle, 43, asked West point blank, “Do you love her?” during the Tuesday, June 16, special episode, referring to Amanda, whom he was married to for four years before their January split . “Yeah. I mean, I said I love her the night I left your guys room to her,” West revealed, referring to an August 2025 moment in the Hamptons featured on Summer House when West said , “Amanda, I love you, OK,” following a fight between Kyle and Amanda while they were still married. West explained, “I really care about her, a f***ing ton.” Kyle Confronts Amanda and West Over Affair Rumors in ‘Summer House’ Reunion West then clarified that he’s had “feelings” for Amanda “beyond friendship” since February, one month before he and Amanda confirmed their romantic relationship. (He maintained nothing physical happened between the pair in 2025, but they grew close amid Amanda and Kyle’s marriage issues.) “I haven’t got to the point where I have told her or myself that I’m in love or not. But I do love her and have. I have cared about her for a very, very long time,” West told Kyle. While West told Amanda he loved her in summer 2025, he appeared to be actively trying to win back his ex-girlfriend Ciara Miller throughout season 10 of the Bravo show, which Kyle shamelessly highlighted. “The things that you did to lure Ciara back in sometimes it’s so blatant on screen,” Kyle said, noting that West being “very touchy” with both Amanda — while they were married — and Ciara in summer 2025 was not cool. West Wilson, Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller. Courtesy of West Wilson/Instagram West admitted it’s been a “learning lesson” for him, revealing that after summer ended he and Ciara, 30, did briefly rekindle their relationship. “We did kiss. Twice, I believe,” West recalled, noting that he also went to her birthday party in December 2025 because he “wanted to be a good friend.” He added that he didn’t go out after because he was “trying to do the right thing a handful of times.” Scroll down for the biggest revelations from Summer House: The Aftermath : Amanda Admits to Her ‘Poor Decisions’ Lindsay called out Amanda during their May 13 chat, telling her, “You and West made a very adult decision and now you have to deal with the very adult consequences that come with that. You can’t just be the ostrich who puts their head in the sand.” “I am going through it and I feel it every day,” Amanda claimed during the episode. “I made some poor decisions.” Amanda explained that after being in a “s***y relationship ” with Kyle, she “lost” herself. “[I] didn’t recognize myself anymore. I was a shell of mysel